Chapter 400: Mutual

Chapter 400: Mutual

Time trickled away; as sunlight streamed through the gaps in the canopy, Hope Island welcomed a brand new day. The islanders started on their busy day, oblivious to the events of the previous night.

In the Governor's Mansion, Charles stood under a sun umbrella erected on his room's balcony. Clad in white pajamas, he stood beside Elizabeth as they surveyed the island beneath them.

Elizabeth let out a yawn lazily before she took a sip of coffee from her white porcelain cup. "Charles, has the night passed already? How quickly time flies."

"Is there any particular reason behind your visit?" Charles turned his gaze on Elizabeth. The towering giantess had a playful smile on her lips.

"I missed you," Elizabeth cooed softly as she gently rested her head on Charles' shoulder.

A gentle chuckle escaped Charles' lips as he raised his right hand to run his fingers gently through Elizabeth's slightly curled, bright white hair.

"Elizarles Shores is quite a distance away. Did you travel all the way here just because of that?"

In response to Charles' question, Elizabeth took another sip of coffee before she wrapped her arms around Charles' neck and pressed her rosy lips onto his, feeding him the warm coffee.

"Can't I do that? I doubt Anna would put in as much effort as I do. She probably finds it a hassle and doesn't want to come here, does she?" Elizabeth said.

Charles savored the sweetness of the coffee on his tongue before swallowing it. "You've been up all night, aren't you exhausted? Do you want to sleep a little more?"

"I'm not tired. On the contrary, I feel pretty alive," Elizabeth said, her eyes sparkling with unmistakable affection.

Just as Charles found himself at a loss for words, Elizabeth's expression suddenly softened. She reached out a hand and gently caressed Charles' new eyes, which had become markedly different from his previous eyes.

"I heard that you became blind. Are these your new eyes?"

Recalling the events that he had gone through, Charles' gaze deepened with a mixture of complicated emotions. "They are all matters of the past. They aren't that significant now compared to everything that has happened recently."

"Why? Did something happen?" Elizabeth asked in surprise.

Charles chose not to respond. He wrapped his arms around Elizabeth and sealed her lips with a gentle kiss. Their planned outing was then postponed.

In the following days, Charles lived out a comfortable time. Yet, for some reason, he couldn't shake off the feeling that Elizabeth's affection was somewhat excessive.

If not for the fact that he was certain that Elizabeth wouldn't feast on humans like Anna, he would have thought that she was going to devour him whole.

"Don't you ever miss your lovely wives?" Charles asked as they strolled down the bustling streets of Hope Island with their arms intertwined. He couldn't understand women's obsession with shopping, especially considering the limited clothing options for someone of Elizabeth's stature.

Standing at two meters tall, and coupled with her bed of white hair and the purple rose eye mask over an eye, Elizabeth was a striking presence wherever she went; of course, she drew the islanders' curious gazes, too.

"It's fine. I can see them anytime when I'm back on my island, but it's not the same with you. Look over there," Elizabeth remarked, pointing ahead with her index finger tipped with dark red nail polish. Charles' gaze followed her finger and landed on a sunlit hill where light filtered through the canopy overhead.

The hill was adorned with lush greenery and a single short tree. While such scenery was common on Hope Island, they appeared exotic and mesmerizing to Elizabeth.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Elizabeth commented as she admired the view. "Sceneries like this are unique to your island. They would never appear on other islands."

As they watched the tree's leaves flutter in the breeze, Charles muttered under his breath, "Scenes like this are even more plentiful on the surface worldin far greater abundance than the amount of water in the subterranean sea."

Just then, a young boy looking around seven or eight years old entered their field of vision. He clutched a small bucket in one hand and wielded a large umbrella in the other as he made his way toward the sunlit area.

Charles acted swiftly and rushed forward to intercept him. "Are you seeking death? You sure have the guts to venture into the sunlight."

However, the boy with two missing front teeth remained unfazed. He raised the umbrella in his hand slightly and responded, "I've got this."

"What do you have in that bucket? And why are you heading over there?" Charles asked.

"It's manure! The banana trees grow faster after absorbing nutrients from the manure! That tree over there is mine!"



Cosyjuhye's Thoughts

We have finally hit Chapter 400! Thank you for sticking with me all this while and the love and support you've shown to the novel! It's starting to get really exciting!New novel chapters are published on